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The fog has remained, even on the cliff-top, and it cloaks the castaways in damp. But strides have been made to make them comfortable for the night. A great fire blazes away for warmth, for drying and to signal anyone who might be searching, but better still, for the cooking of several fat rabbits. There is water as well; some is heating in a dented pot that washed providentially ashore, and plenty in a spring that burbles past the chosen campsite for the washing of salted clothes and even bodies behind a pair of blankets hung between some stunted trees for privacy.
The soothing, healing salves brought by Marian Stark and Elyn Ryswell are being shared around sparingly; each lady gets a bit to spread over her battered feet and legs with the majority hoarded for more serious injuries. There is no bush too small to have something draped over it for drying; Reyna Saltcliffe is huddled in a blanket in front of one that boasts her gown of tattered golden muslin. But she is not lamenting their lot just now—she has a piece of sturdy tree bark in her hands, laden with fire-roasted rabbit, and she's munching her way through it single-mindedly.
Huddling in another of the blankets, Desmera winces, she too is eating a little bit of cooked rabbit. She looks as if she will cry, but fights it back. "I'm ok, don't worry about me." she says to the guards. "Here take it, you need it more than I do." one of the guards looks stunned, a lady offering her portion to man? The girl's cheeks are tear streaked, she's been heard crying and talking in her sleep.
The brushing of the salt-soaked material against the scrapes on her legs is too much for Carmella to bear, so she's resorted to keeping her skirts tied up at her thighs. Modesty is a thing long since gone on this trip and she doesn't seem to care. Considering Marian Stark's limited attire, showing off a pair of legs means little right now. She's wandered around the campsite and more than once she's strayed past the light offered by the campfire, making it necessary for Sariah to run after her and bring her back.
With this last wandering off Sariah finally walks Carmella over to where the others ladies are sitting, eating the rabbit. "They wouldn't even let him come," Carmella says worriedly to Sariah, only to receive a kindly pat on the arm from her maid. "I wonder who will find us first," she says to no one in particular as she's seated and offered some rabbit.
Wearing nothing more than a petticoat and the thin silk blanket thrown over a thin chemise, Reyna and her rabbit scuttles forward to sit between Carmella and Desmera. "There's plenty for the men," she says soothingly to Desmera. "But we've none of us eaten since this time last night, and you need to stay strong. Eat it up, and we'll take our turn with the comb, hm?" She puts a hand lightly on the girl's tangled hair, then onto her own as she turns to Carmella. "Wouldn't let who come?" she asks around the fat piece of rabbit she's raised to her lips.
Desmera eats a little of the rabbit even if it's only to appease her friend. She swallows and smiles as Reyna makes a mention of the comb. "That'll be nice. My hair is will make the septa mad , if she saw me like this, but it can't be helped… can it?"
Carmella takes the rabbit greedily and rips off a healthy length of flesh, hardly hearing anything around her. Sariah disappears for a bit to find some more water and check to see if anyone else needs her. Licking the juices from her fingers she looks at Reyna. "Hmmm?"
"Of course it can't!" Reyna exclaims, still soothing Desmera as she tosses a pair of bones into the fire. "Your septa won't be angry, sweetling. She'll be mad with joy that you're well and whole, and if she's any kind of septa at all, she'll coddle you for a week until your hair is soft again."
Looking across at Carmella, the Saltcliffe wife laughs hoarsely. "It's good, isn't it?" she asks, picking another piece off her 'plate.'
Desmera smirks. "I don't know, you don't know Septa Sorian. She'd say I was bad for evening going on this trip without her. I told here there was a Septa and several ladies maids going… and I would be alright."
Carmella nods to Reyna and takes another bite of the rabbit, happy to have anything to eat right now. "If only we hadn't lost all that wine," she says somewhat mournfully as she again licks her fingers. "It would have been good with this. Ah well." She takes another bite and looks over as Desmera. "Did my Septa come along?" She seems genuinely uncertain as to that, though the Dondarrion septa was not on the ship. "She's off to find a sept I would imagine. There must be one around here."
"We all thought we'd be alright," Reyna replies unhappily, watching Carmella with a worried expression. "No, sweet, your septa didn't come. Just Sariah and Ser Giles." She swallows her last bit of rabbit as if it were stone, then draws the comb from her pocket. "Keep eating," she says to Desmera, positioning herself behind the girl and going to work as gently as possible.
"So, no sept?" Carmella asks Reyna after she takes another bite of her rabbit. That doesn't seem to trouble her overmuch, but there is some confusion in her eyes. Watching Reyna comb through Desmera's hair she reaches up to touch her own hair and once again her fingers find the bump at the back of her head. "Huh," she murmurs, surprised to find it there. "I didn't know I was so bumpy," she tells Reyna and Desmera, as her fingers move over the rest of her head, searching for more bumps.
When she's done as much as she can with Desmera, Reyna returns to her own cross-legged seat and starts on her own. It's a lengthy process, as all the ornaments must be picked out of the tangle, pins unpinned. Each pin is collected in her lap. "You're not usually bumpy, dearest," she says to Carmella as she searches her own head for pins. "You hit your head when the ship sank. And no, no sept, I'm afraid. We're rather a long way from home."
Desmera sighs. "So, we're lost, and far from Kings Landing, do you think we'll be found?"
"Men don't like bumpy heads," Carmella says rather matter-of-factly as she drops her hand back to her lap. "Don't tell them about it," she says in a whisper as if swearing them to keep a great secret. "My father will never be able to marry off a bumpy-headed girl." She sighs and tilts her head back to look up at the sky. "At least it's pretty here," she says dreamily.
Reyna looks from Dondarrion to Hightower and just for a moment looks as if she'd like nothing better than to have a good cry herself. "Your bump will go away, pet," she says, pulling a waist-length lock of hair over her shoulder and going to work with the comb. "And we'll be found, eventually. I'm sure they've already determined we're not coming back, and have sent a ship out after us."
Desmera nods. "I hope so. I mean have we missed our return date?" she asks softly. "I've lost track, simply watching the scenery go by and the world at it's most beautiful. I wish I could paint or draw the stars on a night like this."
Carmella reaches over and pats Desmera on the arm. "They'll come, they always come," she reassures her, though one has to wonder if Carmella is fully aware of the situation. "That's what knights do, they save their ladies." Her hand pauses and then she withdraws it. "Well, some of them do. Some want to but can't, but they won't forget about us." She beams with confidence as she looks to Reyna. "Right, Reyna?"
Glancing around at the thick fog that envelops them, Reyna looks concerned for Desmera. "We were meant to return before noon today, remember?" she says patiently, working on her wealth of tangled hair. And she even manages a smile for Carmella. "They will, of course," she says firmly. "My own lord is likely mounting a search as we speak. And you know Ser Dagur is not a man to fail, so he and everyone who cares for us will be here before we know it."
Desmera smiles. "You have a knight, and some one to save you, I don't my brother is gone, and there is no handsome lord to rescue me, though this might make a very pretty poem or story…" she smiles. "Oh yes…"
Carmella's smile falls at Reyna and she shakes her head. "Not everyone," she says with a sigh and a shake of her head, which isn't really a good idea. It causes her to groan and shut her eyes. "But enough I'm sure." She opens her eyes a fraction and looks at Desmera. "Pretty girl like you, I'm sure someone will rescue you too. They write songs about it." She's silent for a moment before she nearly explodes with excitement.
"You're in the middle of a song! Your knight is going to save you and take you back to King's Landing on the back of his horse! Many verses to go yet, though," she mutters the last and moves to stand up.
"You have Ser Myles, who will come to your aid," Reyna says to Desmera without a hint of deceit. "Your cousin is a good man, and he'll do whatever he can to help us all. Why… Carmella serves Princess Daena, you know, and so perhaps even the Dragon Knight himself comes along!"
She smiles at her young companions, tossing a smoothed hank of hair over one shoulder and pulling a tangled one over the other. "Ser Jonn will come for his Kellyn, of course, and for his cousin Rosalind. And if Bonifer Buckwell hasn't already set sail in search of Lady Elyn, I'll eat my comb! He's quite taken with her, I know. Poor Marian has no kinsman or sweetheart, but she's so well-liked that no one would think to leave her unrescued. Carmella, pet, where are you going? Call for Sariah instead."
Desmera smiles. "Well Cousin Myles is nice, but I want a young Lord to come and whisk me away…" she sighs, as if she's been reading to many of her own writings. "Yes…" she yawns. "That would be nice."
Carmella looks down at Reyna with a look of pity in her eyes. "No no, you stay here, wait for your knights. I'll find my own way home. I don't want my brother to find me. No one writes songs about a brother saving his sister," she says, sticking out her tongue. "It can't be too far," she adds, looking around the camp, but not moving from where she's stood up. "There won't be a horse for me to ride," she says, again rather matter-of-factly. "Better to start walking now." And yet she still doesn't move.
"They rarely write songs of husbands saving wives, either, but you don't see -me- haring off into the night," Reyna says sensibly. "Sit down, Carmella, sweetling. It's far too dark and too foggy to go walking off. We'll all go walking tomorrow and see if we can't find our own way. We can't just stay here on top of this cliff. Sit, let's have some more rabbit!" For to be sure, they are passing more of it around for seconds.
After drinking deeply of the fresh water and cleaning her wound again, Rosalind spent the late afternoon and early evening sleeping soundly. She stirs, effects of the willowbark wearing off, waking. The girl runs a hand through her tousled curls, trying to smooth them. She has a bit of a flush to her face, probably a slight fever.
Reyna looks to where Rosalind stirs, and she pockets her comb. "They've willowbark steeping there," she says, pointing toward the fire. "The cups aren't all that good, but if you need some, I'll fetch it…"
Carmella slowly sits back down alongside Reyna and stretches out her bare legs towards the fire. "I suppose," she says glumly, not looking at the other woman, but rather at the dancing flames. She looks at the offering of more food and she takes a small bit more for herself. "Sariah should eat too," she mentions, though it is likely that the maid has had some as well.
Rosalind looks over, yawns and nods. "Think I need it. Thanks." She murmurs. Blinking a few times, she looks around her. "Is everyone all right?"
"Sariah's eating over there," Reyna says, nodding in the maid's direction as she rises in her blanket. She returns with two cups, very crudely cut from sections of wood by the men and each brimming with willowbark tea. She holds one out to each of the ladies as she sits back down. "I think everyone is well," she says to Rosalind. "We're all eating, and we've all had a wash in the spring. All immediate needs are being met, at least."
Carmella takes the tea and drinks it as quickly as she had first eaten the rabbit. She leans over towards Rosalind and whispers, "And I've got a bumpy head," she tells her and then holds a finger to her lips as she smiles. Carmella drinks some more tea and looks around the campsite. "Why aren't the musicians playing? We could use some music on such a lovely night."
Rosalind carefully takes the willowbark tea and sips at it. "Thank you." she says, "Water was probably the most urgent. Do we have any idea where we are, in relation to a town or village." She steals a look at Carmella. "You did hit your head hard. It may take a little while for your thoughts to settle back in your head."
"The men said there's a track that runs into the Kingswood there," Reyna says, nodding off into the fog as she pats Carmella's hand. "We do -know- it's the Kingswood, at least, but what part of it, or how far from a road…" she shrugs helplessly, then draws her curling hair over her shoulder to begin plaiting it.
"Then Ser Sarmion should be coming upon us any time now," Carmella says brightly, as if that were all there was to it. "The Warden and his men," she continues and then starts humming a little to herself before sipping some more of her tea. She looks over at Reyna again, purses her lips and furrows her brow before she asks, "Did my septa come along as well? I can't find her."
Rosalind looks over where the woods likely are, if it wasn't for the fog and the dark. "I would be very happy to see Ser Sarmion," she admits. Then Rosa reaches for her walking stick and somewhat gracelessly, pulls herself upright. "I think I'm going to wash in the cool water again and try to keep this fever from getting worse."
Reyna studies Carmella, looking very close to weeping again. "No, love," she says instead, patting Carmella's hand. "Your septa isn't here. She's back in King's Landing, safe and sound, and she's waiting for you to come home so she can tend your poor bumpy head."
"Alright," Carmella says cheerfully enough to Reyna and then waves to Rosalind as the other woman departs. "I think she'll be very upset though, she's not that good of a healer," Carmella says to Reyna. "Maybe she'll have to send for a maester instead." She reaches back to the bump again and starts to press on it. "Or if I can do it myself then she won't have to bother with that," Carmella comments and then winces as she pushes too hard. "Are we going to sleep here tonight, Reyna?"
"Here, pet, don't do that," Reyna says, reaching out to catch Carmella's hand. "That will only make it hurt more. Yes, we're sleeping here to night. I wish we weren't, but there it is. Right here by the fire, on these lovely beds the men have made for us. They're all grass and brush and they smell of the outdoors and…" she trails off, biting her lip against a threatening sob. "They're very nice beds. Not nearly so bad as those rocks last night."
"They made beds?" Carmella seems to have forgotten that fact as she jumps up quickly to look around, but all she finds are the grass and brush variety, not the real sort of beds she was hoping for. "Oh…" The disappointment is heavy, enough to force her to sit down again. "I thought you meant ..." She sighs and slumps over, dropping her head into Reyna's lap. "I'm tired of this trip, I think we should go home now," she says, exhausted.
"I think we should too," Reyna sighs, taking her comb out again and applying it ever so gently to Carmella's tangled tresses. "On a night like this, I might play the harp and sing a little. Dagur likes it when I sing, I think, though he'd never admit it." Straight hair untangles more easily than curly, and her fingers are careful with Carmella's poor head as she eases the locks into smooth sections.
In the close, muggy darkness at the edge of the fire, Elyn has been seated for quite some time, taking stock of her limited supplies of medicines and tending to the wounds on her legs. Retying the last bandage - one of many strips of her previous underskirt that became such - Elyn closes her bag carefully and leans it against a boulder. Lann, satiated by half of his mistress' rabbit portion, slumbers in a limp drape about Elyn's neck.
Wincing as she rises and moves, the Northern girl makes her slow way over to Reyna and Carmella, pausing before sinking down a few feet away from them.
"How are you ladies faring?" Her quiet alto voices.
Carmella mmms softly and lets her eyes sink closed as Reyna runs the comb through her hair. "Almost as good as mama," she comments quietly, content for the moment. "I can't play the harp, I am hopeless at it," she murmurs with a small smile on her lips. "But I can sing, really well too," she adds. "The prince taught me some songs and they're really pretty." She slowly opens her eyes and looks up at Reyna. "Men like when a woman sings, I think. I am sure it pleases Ser Dagur greatly."
As Elyn's shadow falls across her she looks over at the northerner, but doesn't lift her head. It's feeling quite heavy at the moment. "You found a kitten," Carmella says, pointing at Lann around Elyn's shoulders.
"We're well enough," Reyna murmurs, smoothing hair back from Carmella's temples as she combs it gently out. "Poor Carmella is still a bit muddled, I think, but we've both got full tummies, and she's had a dose of willowbark tea. Rosalind's bathing in the spring; she said she felt a bit feverish, and thought the cool water would help. And I… am combing everyone's hair. It's all I know how to do."
She bends over her friend and smiles then. "It's a marten, sweetling. Elyn's marten, Lann." She shifts the girl's head a little to draw the hair from under it, then plies her comb to the still tangled bits.
Gentle laughter, slightly husky with the mistreatment of her throat lately, escapes Elyn as she crosses her ankles to one side, tugging the remnants of her skirt over skinned knees ineffectually. Reaching up to grasp Lann's limp form, she pulls him from her shoulders and deposits him carefully next to Carmella, so she might touch him if she wishes. "He's only still and out of trouble when he's sleeping. He's normally awake at this time of evening, but I think last night took its toll on him, as well."
Giving Carmella a closer look, Elyn purses her lips and glances at Reyna. "I am concerned about that. If it persists or worsens…she might have some permanent problems. But we'll have to wait and see."
Elyn watches quietly and then nods towards Reyna's ministrations. "Do you think I might ask you to do the same for me later? Or at least lend me your comb?"
Carmella reaches over and runs her fingers over Lann's still form. "Serion painted his fur, but it looks fine to me," Carmella says, patting the marten on the head as if praising a child. "Not Serion though, he doesn't look good in blue," she notes, looking at Elyn and then up at Reyna again. "You can comb her hair too, I don't mind."
"Of course I will, Elyn. You've done so much for all of us that it would be a pleasure to do something in return," Reyna says, smiling over Carmella's head. "She has been very confused," she says in a low voice then, her hand lightly laid over the girl's ear. "She keeps asking for her septa, but then she has a lucid moment or two… as you see," she adds, laughing softly. The girl's hair is as untangled as it's likely to get, owing to the tender bump at the back, and Reyna plaits it loosely into a tidy rope and tied with a strip of cloth from her own gown, which is still drying on the bush behind her.
"I wasn't particularly partial to the colors. I happen to hate yellow." Elyn replies with a glance at Lann and a moue of distaste. "But since the colors he used were not permanent…neither was the blue he found himself later on." The Ryswell concludes, reaching out to stroke Lann's belly before he curls into a tighter ball, tail fluffing over his nose.
Elyn scoots closer to hear Reyna's words, her solemn expression deepening as she glances at Carmella again, but she nods. "We'll just have to see." She says again, eyeing the Dondarrion critically.
"She seems very like my poor Meryn—my brother, you know," Reyna says, shifting Carmella's head again so she can reach over her to Elyn. "Turn around, if you will. Merry's never had all his wits, and he's ever so sweet, but inclined to confusion and his memory… well, he still thinks my first husband is alive, and just away from Highgarden. My sons, and all the Highgarden children just adore him."
"The problem is, the longer she remains this way, the more likely there will be some kind of permanent damage." Elyn says under her breath as she moves so Reyna can work on the salty strands of her hair. She pulls the bit of ribbon off what remains of her braid and sets it aside, tossing waist-length tresses over her shoulder. "But as it just happened last night, there is still hope she will improve. And although I do not doubt what you say, Lady Reyna, it would be a shame for such a lady to have such an end." Elyn concludes, glancing sadly at Carmella.
"Thank you, Reyna," Carmella says, sitting up and pulling the loose braid around to look it over. "My septa will be very upset to know I was showing my legs to men," she says, looking down at her bare legs as random thoughts come to her. "Maybe they won't tell her, they don't look very pretty," she says, turning them this way and that to study the scraped limbs in the firelight. A shadow emerges from just outside the camp circle, Ser Giles has arrived with some more wood. He throws some of it on the fire and leaves the rest to the side. It isn't a generous amount, for the night makes it difficult to find anything and this area doesn't provide a great deal of fuel. He looks to Carmella for a moment and then turns away to return to his duties. Like everyone else he looks tired and the scruff of new beard along his jaw makes him look even rougher.
"No, it would break my heart if she were to be this way always," Reyna replies, smoothing Carmella's brow one last time with a gentle hand before taking a handful of Elyn's hair and starting to untangle it from the ends, slowly working her way up. "We all have a dreadful lot of hair," she remarks before smiling down at Carmella. "No, pet, I doubt she will scold. She'll be happy to have you home, well and whole. Ser Giles, have you eaten? You must rest as well, ser. We all rely on you far too much, and it's time we took care of you a bit."
Giving Reyna a sympathetic look before turning around to let her begin her work, Elyn smiles reassuringly at Carmella. "I'm sure Lady Reyna is right, Lady Carmella. And if your septa tries to scold you in any way, I'm sure any of us would be happy to scold her for you and insist upon your bravery. In fact, everyone here has been very brave in the face of what's happened." The Northern girl asserts.
Glancing over her shoulder, she quirks a crooked smile for Reyna. "I've wanted to cut it off more than once today, believe me. I'd never hear the end of it if I did, but it's certainly been tempting." Wincing, she turns around again, remaining still as she can.
Ser Giles turns and looks at Reyna and the firelight causes deep shadows to fall across his features. "Knights are made of stronger stuff than noble ladies, my lady," he says politely, but he voice is rough. "I've eaten enough and there is still much to do. We've new dangers here and not enough men should ..." He stops and remembers who he's speaking with. "There's work to do," he says again, refusing offers of food and pampering.
Carmella takes a seat again and picks up a stick and softly starts singing to herself. The song is likely an unfamiliar one, it talks of a lovely and bold Dornish girl and how she seduced a dragon. There's dancing and singing in the song and some suggestive content that Carmella seems quite ignorant of.
Reyna nods to Ser Giles in acceptance. "I thought you would say so, ser, but I'm bound to offer it nonetheless," she says, smiling wistfully. She falls silent for a time, combing through Elyn's tangles and listening absently to Carmella's song—before gasping. "Carmella! What a terribly lyric that was!"
"I don't know, Lady Reyna. I found it rather amusing," Elyn replies, lips curling to one side in amusement. "And you certainly have a lovely voice, Lady Carmella. If I had my harp, I'd offer you some accompaniment, but it's thankfully back at the Keep, which is better than with what's left of the ship." Her smirk grows solemn and her arms loop around bandaged legs as she rests her chin on her knees.
Ser Giles bows to the women and turns to leave again, the darkness swallows him up once more. Carmella doesn't seem to have even noticed his arrival or departure, but Reyna's scolding doesn't go unheard. She stops halfway through the song and looks over, confused. "I thought it was pretty," she says as her lip quivers into a pout. It doesn't last long though, not when Elyn speaks. "Ask one of the musicians, maybe you can borrow from them," she says, not realizing that those were lost as well.
"They're all sleeping, I think," Reyna replies, smiling gamely for Carmella. But as she works on Elyn's hair, she answers an earlier comment. "I don't feel very brave," she says. "I want to scream and I want to cry. But it's not all that helpful, is it? So I just do what I'm told and try to help more than I hinder." She lays the comb in her lap and gathers Elyn's hair in her hands to plait. "What lovely thick hair you have."
"Yes, perhaps I'll ask them tomorrow," Elyn adds after Reyna, smiling in Carmella's direction, although it's a wavery smile. "But if you'd like to sing a different song for us, I'd love to hear it."
A heartbeat of silence passes by before Elyn replies to Reyna's remarks. "My father used to say that bravery is not lack of fear, but doing what needs to be done in spite of your fear. Carrying on though you might want to give up." Her mouth twists in a ugly fashion, as if she found the words distasteful, but as Reyna is behind her, the expression likely goes unseen. A dry chuckle escapes Elyn a moment later. "And thank you. I'm told that comes from my mother's side."
Rosalind returns from the water, hair damp, but looking much cleaner. The cool water appears to have done the girl good, for though she needs the aid of a walking stick, she does move a little easier. The second dose of willowbark also seems to have taken effect, for the flush of fever is gone.
Carmella sighs and tosses the stick into the fire, forsaking the song for the time being. "I'll sing it tomorrow when we go home," Carmella says to the fire as she nods. The fire snaps and dances and Carmella lets her head drift slowly towards one shoulder as the flame begins to hypnotize her.
"That's what Dagur says as well," Reyna says thoughtfully, twining the thick sections together skillfully. "That it's not cowardice even if you're so afraid your knees knock together and you stutter." She ties the end of the braid, and pats Elyn between the shoulder blades. "That's you done."
"Would you like yours combed?" she asks Rosalind, even as she slips her arm around Carmella's shoulder to draw the girl's head back to her lap, yawning widely in spite of herself.
Looking a bit surprised at the question, Rosalind replies, "Oh… that would be very kind of you. My hair is in a terrible state, but you are most welcome to try, if you are not too weary." She hobbles over, using the walking stick for support.
Elyn turns her head to give Reyna a wide, grateful smile. "Many thanks to you. It feels much better to have the knots out." Rising stiffly to her feet, the Ryswell maid moves to the other side of Carmella, retrieving her marten and letting him curl up in her lap as she strokes him gently. Lulled by the humid closeness of the night, Elyn inhales a deep breath and begins singing a quiet tune with a lilting melody, a song of snows and forests and Northern lights. Not a song of death, but of the peace found in winter, and sharing it with others by a warm fire.
Carmella allows her head to be dropped back to Reyna's lap while her eyes remain fixed on the firelight. "So pretty," she murmurs, though she could be talking about the fire or the song she was singing or something else altogether. Carmella stares unblinking at the dancing flames while her fingers drag restlessly across the ground in front of her. There's silence from her as Elyn sings, or perhaps she's simply entranced by the flames. "So warm and amber," she murmurs with a smile slowly creeping to her lips. "I miss that," she adds softly.
With Carmella's head back in her lap, Reyna gestures to Rosalind to sit, and starts again on another head of tangled hair. "I'm getting very handy at this," she says quietly, pitching her voice under Elyn's song. After a moment, though, she is able to hum along, a low counterpoint to Elyn's sung lyrics.
Noting the harmony Reyna's produced, the Ryswell girl smiles faintly and launches into a second rendition of the song once she's reached the end, allowing her melody to twine with Reyna's voice.
Rosalind sits down, where indicated, letting the other woman attempt to sort out her hair. She doesn't sing, but falls silent and listens.
Carmella doesn't join in the singing either, she appears to have her thoughts elsewhere as the fire continues to hold her attention. At least she remembers to cover her mouth to yawn which she starts doing more and more. When the song ends she looks up at Reyna. "I think I should find those beds they made," she tells the Saltcliffe woman and indeed her eyes look heavy with sleep.
Reyna's fingers are nimble but gentle, a bit of pampering to remind each of the other women who they still are. She smiles over at Elyn as she hums, combed locks falling away steadily as she makes steady progress on Rosalind's head. Just when she finishes, Carmella speaks up. "There's one just here, pet," she says, indicating the pile of brush and grass just behind them, covered with a tattered blanket. "Lie you down, and I'll join you shortly. And when Sariah comes, we'll be snug and warm as can be."
Letting her song fade away after the second run-through, Elyn nods her head to Reyna. "That was lovely, thank you." Carmella's words elicit a yawn from the Ryswell girl, who again rises stiffly to her feet. "I believe I should find where Marian got off to and do the same. Sleep well, ladies." She bids, and moves off across the makeshift camp.
Rosalind regards Carmella thoughtfully, then murmurs, "Rest well, lady. We'll need our strength for the morrow, I'm sure." Another smile is given to the northwoman. "And you as well, lady."
Carmella lifts her head from Reyna's lap and brushes a kiss to her cheek. "You're so good to me," she says quietly. Slowly she gets to her feet, sways a little before she turns towards the 'beds'. "Good evening," she says to Rosalind and Elyn before she slips into the shadows to find some rest and hopefully a healed mind.
"Good night, Elyn. Thank you, too," Reyna says, smiling faintly over Rosalind's head to the Ryswell before she goes. Swiftly, she twines the Hill's hair into a tidy, tight plait, and ties the end of with a bit of muslin torn from her gown. "And that's you," she says, patting the young woman between the shoulder blades. "Good night, Rosalind."
She yawns again, and carefully tucks the comb away before crawling to the 'bed' to lie beside Carmella. With their feet toward the fire, and the blanket from her shoulders thrown over the Dondarrion as well, they will indeed be cozy and warm. "Good night, sweetling," she says fondly to Carmella. "Wake me if you need me…" and her voice trails off as she slips into exhausted sleep.
The fire burns on, keeping the fog and the night at bay, watched over by the staunch Ser Giles and those few men with him. Overhead, a faint twinkle breaks through the fog—perhaps, just perhaps, the morrow will be kinder.
"Thank you," Rosa murmurs as her hair is finished and that always helps one feel better. She hobbles over to lay near Kellyn, closing her eyes. It takes only a moment or two before she is asleep.


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Contingent convertible bonds, or CoCos, have been getting more global press recently, including in this past Friday's Financial Times. As one of the world's oldest and largest managers of convertible strategies, we are asked about CoCos frequently. In many ways, a CoCo is the mirror image of a convertible bond. Instead of the equity upside participation and potential downside protection that can make a convertible bond so attractive, CoCos may have much higher potential downside.
A convertible bond is a corporate bond that allows the holder to convert into a fixed quantity of shares in that company's common stock. If things go well and the stock rises, the convertible bond holder participates in the rising stock price, capturing equity upside. If the stock falls, the convertible is still a bond and the holder receives a fixed coupon and par at maturity. Think of a convertible bond as a security that looks like a stock if things go well and like a bond if things go poorly.
CoCos are also hybrid securities, but the similarities to traditional convertibles pretty much end there. Banks issue CoCos to meet regulators' requirements for capital reserves, and to provide a cushion should they find themselves in a serious predicament. CoCos typically pay higher coupons than a bank's straight bonds. However, if the bank gets in trouble (think 2008), these bonds turn into equities. Think of them as anti-convertibles. I also like the term "Bizarro" convertibles, to borrow from Superman comics and a Seinfeld episode. If things go well, you just get your fixed coupon and par back at maturity. But if things go poorly, you quite likely will get little to nothing in return. After all, if a bank is in bad enough shape that its CoCos convert into equities, that bank stock you are getting may not be worth much. In many cases, it won't be worth anything at all. CoCos have become quite popular with banks in Europe; we believe they will probably end up being used in other markets as well.
These securities are not your father's (okay, older brother's) CoCos. Originally, "contingent convertible" described convertible bonds that were convertible into the equity only after the stock had risen to where the bond was well into the money. These contingent convertibles became popular in the U.S. around 2001 and had some accounting benefits for the bond issuers. The term wasn't applied to bank hybrids until several years later.
In our convertible portfolios, we're focused on upside equity participation with potential downside protection over full market cycles. Because the risk/reward profile of these bank CoCos is the opposite of the risk/reward profile we look for in convertible bonds, we are quite willing to pass them by.
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Christine Harper and Yalman Onaran Wednesday, 05 December 2012 03:13 PM EST
Daniel K. Tarullo, the Federal Reserve governor responsible for bank supervision, announced plans last week to impose the same capital and liquidity requirements on the U.S. operations of foreign lenders as on domestic companies. The U.K. and Switzerland also have proposed banking and capital rules designed to protect their national interests.
Regulators want to curtail risks exposed after global banks such as New York-based Citigroup Inc., Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Zurich-based UBS AG took bailouts in the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. Forcing lenders to dedicate capital and liquidity to multiple local subsidiaries, rather than a single parent, may undermine the business logic of a multinational structure.
"Being big and spread out all over the world isn't what it used to be," said Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, managing principal at New York-based MRV Associates, which trains bank examiners and executives at financial firms. "You'll see global banks jettison divisions abroad and at home."
Reversing Expansion
UBS, Citigroup and RBS are among banks already doing just that, reversing decades of global expansion. UBS said in October that it plans to cut about 10,000 jobs and retreat from most fixed-income trading after Switzerland set capital rules for its biggest lenders that are almost double international minimums agreed to by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Citigroup and Bank of America Corp., the two U.S. lenders that received the most aid during the financial crisis, have been selling foreign operations and retreating from businesses.
Citigroup, whose former Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit used to extol the virtues of the bank's "globality," said today it plans to cut more than 11,000 jobs and sell or significantly scale back consumer operations in Pakistan, Paraguay, Romania, Turkey and Uruguay. It will also cut branches in Brazil, Hong Kong, Hungary and Korea, as well as the U.S.
RBS, majority owned by the British government since being bailed out in 2008, said it will close or sell its cash- equities, mergers-advisory and equity-capital-markets divisions.
Overruled Locally
The Fed's plan is part of a trend by national regulators since the crisis to ensure they can protect local depositors and creditors of global financial institutions in the event of a failure. Even organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and the Basel committee, which have sought to foster global finance, have had to adapt their approaches or have been overruled by national and regional interests.
"Globalization of financial markets took us decades to build, it doesn't look like it's going to take us decades to reverse the trend, does it?" Charles Dallara, managing director of the Institute of International Finance, which represents more than 450 financial institutions, said at a meeting with journalists in New York the day after Tarullo's speech.
Switzerland, whose banking system is five times the size of the nation's economy, proposed in 2010 to give priority to the domestic units of its two largest lenders if they fail, indicating that overseas businesses might be left on their own. In the U.K., where banks' assets are also five times gross domestic product, regulators have said they plan to require lenders based in Britain to insulate domestic consumer-banking businesses from investment-banking and foreign operations.
'Backstop' Banks
"The likelihood that some home-country governments of significant international firms will backstop their banks' foreign operations in a crisis appears to have diminished," Tarullo said on Nov. 28 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. "It also appears that constraints have been placed on the ability of the home offices of some large international banks to provide support to their foreign operations."
Banks with large trading operations in the U.S., such as Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group AG and Deutsche Bank AG, probably would be subject to the Fed's proposed requirements. Tarullo's plan follows moves by Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank and London-based Barclays to discard their status as U.S. bank holding companies, thereby evading local capital rules.
The role that foreign banks play in the U.S. has changed in recent years. Through the 1990s, most borrowed from their parent companies to lend in the U.S. and had excess cash reserves to meet local requirements. The trend reversed early last decade, when foreign firms started borrowing in the U.S. to lend overseas. Their trading in the U.S. surged to 50 percent of assets in 2011 from 13 percent in 1995, Tarullo said.
'Very Costly'
Meeting multiple local requirements could mean global banks will have to maintain more capital than currently dictated by their home countries or international capital minimums established by Basel, according to Kim Olson, a principal at Deloitte & Touche LLP in New York and a former bank supervisor.
"This new standard is going to be very costly for foreign banks," Olson said. "Some will have to raise additional capital just to comply with U.S. rules. Moving it around from the parent company won't be enough because they'll discover they need more than what Basel requires overall."
Jean-Yves Fillion, the New York-based chief executive officer of BNP Paribas SA's North American corporate and investment bank, said "trends toward Balkanization" make it harder to be a global firm.
U.K. Regulations
"Is the cost of doing business in three or four continents going to go higher?" said Fillion, whose Paris-based bank is the largest in France. "Absolutely."
The U.K.'s Financial Services Authority published a consultation paper in September that proposes requiring foreign bank branches in the U.K. be organized as subsidiaries under British regulation if the home country has rules giving local depositors priority when a lender becomes insolvent. The move, known as subsidiarization, was a response to banking regulations in the U.S. and other nations providing such preferences.
"For a lot of these banks, business outside of the U.S. is conducted from a booking center, which is their London branch," said Azad Ali, a financial-regulation attorney at Shearman & Sterling LLP in London. "These London branches are not subject to full-scale U.K. regulatory supervision, it's shared between the U.K. and the U.S., so I think the way things are developing it is leaning toward subsidiarization."
Capital Controls
Lenders also have to contend with efforts by countries from Brazil to the Philippines that have sought to manage capital inflows inflating their currencies and threatening to create asset bubbles. Brazil, blaming the U.S. for sparking a global "currency war" by keeping interest rates near zero, last year imposed a 6 percent tax on firms that borrowed overseas in an attempt to reduce capital inflows that were causing a jump in the real. Brazil started rolling back the curbs in June.
Organizations such as the IMF have fostered the global banking system by encouraging the elimination of exchange-rate restrictions that hindered trade. This week, the organization reversed its historic support for unrestricted flows of money across borders, saying it would favor the use of capital controls in certain circumstances.
The failure or near-failure of banks in nations such as the U.S., U.K. and Switzerland, as well as smaller countries such as Iceland and Ireland, taught regulators that companies once seen as a source of national pride can lead to hand-wringing over how to protect taxpayers.
'Die Locally'
"For the foreseeable future, then, our regulatory system must recognize that while internationally active banks live globally, they may well die locally," Tarullo said.
When Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed in 2008, European creditors alleged that $8 billion of cash had been transferred to the firm's New York headquarters days before the bankruptcy. When Iceland's banks failed that same year, the government agreed to pay local customers while leaving British and Dutch depositors trying to recoup more than $5 billion.
"When the system blows up, every country ring-fences the assets and liabilities in their jurisdiction anyway," said Sheila Bair, a former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. who helped stabilize the U.S. financial system. "The Fed's move is in a way doing that ring-fencing structurally."
Bank managements probably will fight the moves. Ernest Patrikis, a former Fed official who's now a partner at White & Case LLP in New York, said he remembers doing just that when he served as general counsel of American International Group Inc. before the crisis. Two years after Patrikis left in 2006, AIG, once the world's biggest insurer, was bailed out by the Fed.
Empirical Evidence
"When I worked for AIG, we fought countries trying to force subsidiary structure on us," Patrikis said. "Capital gets stuck in each country when you do that. You can't move it around easily. Liquidity is even harsher. If the local unit has to abide by liquidity rules, it can only take a limited portion of the funds it raises in the U.S. outside."
Shearman & Sterling's Ali said that such structures probably will be favored by regulators, who are warier of the risks posed by branches not under local oversight.
"It depends upon how strongly the banks can demonstrate that if subsidiarization was forced upon them that their business model would be decimated and they would not be able to conduct the same amount of business and there would be an adverse consequence upon the markets or the economy and the provision of credit to the economy," he said. "That's an argument that needs to be backed up by empirical evidence."
Research has shown that stricter capital requirements can help banks by giving creditors and customers more confidence in their stability, Ali said.
'National Silos'
Ali's own firm published a Nov. 29 warning that the Fed's plan could lead to "significantly increased costs of doing U.S. business and threatening the attractiveness of the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency." Lawyers at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York wrote in a Dec. 2 memo that it could lead to "higher unemployment, lower output and more political instability."
The British Empire and the gold standard supported an earlier version of global finance that ended with World War II, said Margaret Tahyar, a partner at Davis Polk who specializes in advising on international transactions and regulation.
"We don't want to go back to national silos like post- World War II," Tahyar said. "But there was, in recent years, over-enthusiasm for global finance without having thought through the institutional structures. So faith in that has been shaken."
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We are now extending the Taycan model series with an attractive S-derivative. The Taycan 4S delivers up to 420 kW (571 PS) via Overboost Power with Launch Control. It features a Performance Battery as standard, with an energy content of 79.2 kWh. With the optional Performance Battery Plus, the Taycan 4S has an electrical range of up to 463 kilometres (WLTP) – the highest value of all models currently available.
The aerodynamically optimised 19-inch Taycan S Aero Wheels and the brake calipers with red paint finish mean the Taycan 4S is immediately recognisable. The lower valance with new geometry, the sideskirts and the rear diffusor in Black help to make it even more visually distinctive. The Taycan 4S is equipped with a partial Leather Interior as standard, as well as comfort seats in the front with electric eight-way adjustment.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — About 620 workers will lose their jobs when a North Carolina factory that makes electrical connectors for household appliances shuts down in 2013. It is one of the state's largest announced layoffs this year.
A spokesman for Swiss electronics maker TE Connectivity said Thursday the company will shut a Greensboro factory beginning in January. The company said earlier this week tough economic conditions pushed it to generate another $75 million in cost savings from plant closings and other restructuring.
Spokesman Tom Peacock says up to 50 of the plant's 670 employees may transfer to one of the company's three other plants in Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
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"Impossible planet" with three suns reported in news@nature, ScienceNOW, 13 July 2005 and BBC News, 18 July 2005.
Maciej Konacki of the California Institute of Technology has found a planet associated with a star known as HD 188753 in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan) 149 light years away. However, as ScienceNOW writer Govert Schilling puts it: "There's just one problem: It shouldn't exist."
The problem is the star is part of a three-star system and according to all present theories on the evolution of planets, the presence of two other stars should prevent any planet from forming around HD 188753. The new planet is believed to a gas giant, similar to, but larger than Jupiter. But unlike Jupiter, it orbits very close to its star. According to current theories, planets form from discs of gas and dust surrounding newly formed stars. Gas giants like Jupiter are believed to form far away from their star, where it is cold enough for ice crystals to form and aggregate into masses large enough to attract huge amounts of gas and dust from the disc surrounding the star. Recently a number of Jupiter-like planets have been found orbiting very close to stars, where it would be too hot for ice crystals to form, so planetary scientists came up with the migration theory, i.e. these "hot Jupiters" were formed far away from their star by the ice and dust aggregation process, but then migrated closer to their star after they had formed into a gas giant.
The newly found planet is a gas giant orbiting close to its star, but it could not have formed any further away from its star because the gravitational forces resulting from having two other stars in the triple system would keep the gas and dust disc within a radius of 200 million kilometres of the primary star, where it is too hot for ice crystals to form. If any substantial ice crystals accretions did form, the gravity of the two extra stars would smash them to pieces and prevent them from forming a planet. Therefore, the news@nature article called the new planet "the impossible planet" because, "if these planets don't form, they obviously can't migrate".
Astronomer Artie Hatzes of the Thuringia State Observatory, Germany commented: "You shouldn't see it, but you do see it".
Editorial Comment: When you find something that shouldn't exist according to current evolutionary theories, it is time to change the theories. The gas and dust aggregation theory is popularly believed to explain the evolution of our solar system. This new discovery shoots holes in that belief. Over the last few years cosmologists and astronomers have been constantly revising and modifying theories because new discoveries don't fit with current theories.
If they would only believe the Creator's record of the origin and history of the universe they would be spared a lot of time wasting and frustration, and could get on with observing and understanding what is really out there. The Creator of the solar system tells a very different story – the earth was created first before the sun. The rest of the solar system plus the stars were created for the purpose of providing light on the earth and to provide signs and a calendar for human beings (Genesis 1:14-19).
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It figures. You spend a ton of time making a cool set of costumes and then you can't get your kid to pose for a picture. It's okay though, we still get the point. This themed set of costumes dresses the little one as a Roomba vacuuming robot while mom and dad are suited up as virtual walls (modules that are used to keep the bot from falling down stairs, etc.). It's fun and unique, but had it not been for some additional electronics this would have been relegated to a links post. For safety sake each costume was outfitted with a ring of LEDs. As a challenge, the lights were given the ability to sync up patterns with each other.
Each costume has a circular frame at the top with a set of RGB LED strings attached. To get them to display synchronized patterns an IR transmitter/receiver board was designed and ordered from OSHPark. Each costume has four of these modules so no matter where the wearers are facing it should not break communications. A demo of the synchronized light rings can be seen after the break


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"So immigration is not just the right thing to do. It's smart for our economy." President Obama returns to a risky issue at the start of his re-election campaign. Also, the head of the Galleon Group is found guilty of insider-trading, and Louisiana again prepares for the worst.
Banner image: A boys shows a US flag as President Barack Obama speaks on immigration at the Chamizal National Memorial on May 10, 2011 in El Paso, Texas. Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images


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2 large Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored and sliced 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick
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Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.
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Goldsmith fulfilling dream on Seattle airwaves
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Aaron Goldsmith didn't even try to pretend it was just another game. Not for the new Mariners' radio man. Not after all the anticipation of his first Major League broadcast.
It might have been a meaningless Cactus League outing for most, but for the 29-year-old Goldsmith, this was the start of something he's been dreaming about for years.
"I was absolutely nervous," Goldsmith said after calling Friday's charity game against the Padres alongside new partner Rick Rizzs. "I was OK the night before, but I woke up in the morning with my stomach churning a little and I kept telling myself, 'It's a Spring Training game. Spring Training. We're going to have 80 players in this game, so just relax.'
"But when it came to me doing the lineups and it's just me, I'm bringing it back from break and I'm thinking, 'Don't screw these names up and don't go long because you'll miss the first pitch.' That's when the nerves really hit. Once that was done and I could say, 'And here with the play-by-play is Rick Rizzs,' that's when it was alright. It's like the football player taking his first hit."
Goldsmith called the third, sixth and seventh innings, which is the same routine he'll follow all year as the No. 2 announcer. He's spent the past week spending every possible moment with Rizzs taking in workouts, studying and talking about the Mariners and baseball and beginning the bond that will be needed for the long haul.
"Rick and I get along so well outside the booth," Goldsmith said. "It's fun to make each other smile and laugh, and it was great that Day 1 we were able to have some of that in the very first broadcast. It makes me so optimistic about what this season and relationship can be like. I haven't had that much fun in the booth in a long, long time."
Rizzs, starting his 28th season with the Mariners, hearkens back to his own first game in the Majors when Dave Niehaus reminded him to just have fun and be himself.
"I can still hear David standing behind me and telling me that 30 years ago," Rizzs said. "I just want to do the same thing for this young man. I thought he did an outstanding job. I know he had some nerves and was anxious. It was his first big league broadcast and Game 1 of Spring Training. But you could tell that he prepared like crazy for it.
"He's got the great voice. He has a passion for the game of baseball. He has a passion for broadcasting that shows. I thought he was outstanding."
Now, it's just a matter of developing the relationship that carries over to listeners over the course of 200 broadcasts a year.
"In baseball, you're with someone every day for seven months," Rizzs said. "So, you need to have that respect for one another, be part of each other's lives and that's what Dave and I had for a quarter of a century together, and that's what made our jobs so much easier. When that happens, it's a beautiful thing in this business and that's what I want to have happen for Aaron and I."


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Saint John's University, founded in 1857 by Benedictine monks who came to serve the needs of German Catholic immigrants, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the Midwest. From its inception the university has valued the liberal arts as a preparation for careers of leadership in church and society.
Saint John's curriculum is taught by a distinguished faculty, with a diverse educational and religious background. Many members of the faculty excel in research and scholarship, in addition to their primary commitment to teaching. The educational program is enhanced by endowed faculty chairs and professorships: the Michael Blecker Professorship in the Humanities; the Joseph P. Farry Professorship; the Edward P. and Loretta H. Flynn Professorship; the Ralph Gross Chair in Business and the Liberal Arts; the Edward L. Henry Professorship; the John and Elizabeth Myers Chair in Management; the Jay Phillips Center for Jewish Christian Learning; the William and Virginia Clemens Chair in Economics and the Liberal Arts; the University Chair in Critical Thinking; the Nicholas and Bernice Reuter Professorship in Science and Religion; and the Butler Family's Virgil Michel Ecumenical Chair in Rural Social Ministries.
In addition to the undergraduate program offered in cooperation with the College of Saint Benedict, the Saint John's School of Theology offers master's degrees in theology, pastoral ministry, liturgical studies and liturgical music. The faculty, composed of monks in partnership with lay men and women, diocesan and religious priests, women religious and ministers from other traditions, instructs a diverse student body of men and women, committed with the faculty to the search for God in Jesus Christ. The School of Theology operates in conjunction with the Saint John's Seminary which prepares men for priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church.
The Saint John's campus is remarkable in both its natural and architectural beauty. The greater campus, designated an arboretum in 1997, is located on a 2,830-acre tract of land. It includes an extensive pine and hardwood forest, an oak savannah and 50 acres of restored prairie, as well as Lake Sagatagan, Stumpf Lake, several smaller lakes and 90 acres of restored wetlands. The buildings at Saint John's date from the 1860s and are arranged in a series of quadrangles and courtyards to the north of Lake Sagatagan. At the center of the Saint John's campus is the Abbey and University Church, one of 10 campus buildings designed by Marcel Breuer. With its towering bell banner and three-story wall of stained glass, the church is among the most striking pieces of 20th- century architecture.
The location of the campus, combined with the Benedictine influence, creates a close community of faculty, staff and students. Over 85 percent of the student body lives on campus. The residential program, an integral part of the Saint John's educational experience, is made distinctive by Benedictine professors and administrators, called faculty residents, who live among students.
Saint John's seeks to foster a complete education which includes physical as well as intellectual development and life-long balance between the two. Saint John's students are active participants in varsity, intramural and club sports. Saint John's teams have excelled in intercollegiate athletics and, in recent years, have earned all-sports awards in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and have competed nationally in football, tennis, track and field, swimming and diving, cross-country, soccer, wrestling, baseball, golf, rugby, hockey and basketball.


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JAKARTA, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Southeast Asian countries will drive overall Asian liquefied natural gas demand through 2025, a new report says.
Represented predominately by Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, the region will account for one-third of that demand growth, increasing 45 million tons annually, the report from global research consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie says.
Of particular interest are Indonesia and Thailand, which have been making sizable investments in developing their LNG infrastructure both domestically and overseas.
"Indonesia will increasingly require LNG as we expect domestic demand to outpace domestic supply," Wood Mackenzie Senior Gas Market Analyst Nicholas Browne said in the report.
The third-largest LNG exporter, Indonesia accounted for approximately 9 percent of global LNG exports in 2011, behind Qatar and Malaysia.
Indonesia aims to establish coal bed methane exploration and production technology, but Browne said that early CBM pilot well results in South Sumatra indicate that production won't meet previous expectations, thus providing more room for LNG.
While the rate of India's LNG market growth is likely not to be as sizeable as previously thought, it is expected to grow 20 million tons per annum by 2025, the report states.
"In India, we are now seeing faltering domestic gas production and this is expected to limit the development of the gas market," Browne said. "Perhaps counterintuitively to some, reduced gas production will also lower the rate of LNG market growth in India."
For example, production from Reliance's D6 block fell to 11 billion cubic meters last year from a peak of 20 bcm in 2010.
This decline in gas output will constrain gas availability to the Indian market, mainly affecting the power sector in the medium term, Browne said.
"In the longer term, reduced production will preclude the development of greenfield fertilizer production as it is not economical to develop facilities purely based on LNG imports," he said.
Furthermore, LNG demand growth in other industrial sectors is limited by reduced economic growth expectations, he said.
But Southeast Asia will more than compensate for India's slower LNG demand growth, says Wood Mackenzie.
"What's important in examining this shift in the growth balance is that it demonstrates that the outlook across Asia is dynamic," Browne said.
Key uncertainties that could further affect the LNG outlook for the Southeast Asian region include policy issues in India; gas prices and power sector fuel competition in Southeast Asia; the pace of shale gas development in China and nuclear policies in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, the report says.


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Been awhile since I had gotten out to spot. The joy and excitement quickly came back and am looking forward to being out more, so hopefully will have some more stuff to share in the coming months...
Bought a new camera body and decided to go out and learn to use it on a beautiful spring day here in Dallas. We had had a few quite cold days prior to this so the sun was very nice.
And finally the catch of the day:
Any feedback greatly appreciated as it has been some time since I have taken shots of planes! :)
Tad Carlson


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A new Performance Improvement Initiative at Jamaica Hospital is addressing issues aimed at improving the hospital's HCHAP scores. Challenged by senior management and 1199SEIU, an interdisciplinary team staffed with employees from nursing, social work, dietary, housekeeping, and financial services was established to improve "patient experiences." The program was piloted on 3 North.
Specifically, the team worked to increase staff responsiveness. After identifying and analyzing this issue, the team determined call bell usage as a leading indicator of patient dissatisfaction. They worked through a system that helped emerge the top reasons for patients using the call bells. Supported by data, the team identified the top reasons for call bell usage: pain, help with bathroom, food complaints, repositioning/extra pillow or blanket, anxiety, ventilator alarms, and diaper changes.
To respond to these challenges, the team initiated hourly check-ins and instituted a "heads up"/no pass zone, where all staff members on the unit were responsible for immediately responding to call bells. The team also provided welcome bags to all admitted patients in an effort to increase overall patient satisfaction.
Preliminary results showed a significant increase in patient satisfaction scores on 3 North during the period of the performance improvement effort. Success of this pilot will lead to hospital-wide implementation of any new protocol developed through the process.
Patient-centered care is just one of several initiatives the hospital has implemented to help improve HCHAPS scores. Additionally, the Make a Difference ( MAD) initiative began this year. MAD is a project that provides hospital administrators with the opportunity to openly engage with patients in hopes to identify any issues they might have and resolve them in a timely manner.
Dr. Slota offered a special thanks to the members of the 3 North PCC Team for their hard work and dedication: Rebecca Roberts, LCSW Supervisor (Co-chair), Sheron Halley, Financial Investigator (Co-chair), Elaine Stewart, RN, Marykutty Aniyankunju, PCA, Marie Arty, RN, Robin Blackwell, DON, Calvin Blake, PCA, James Hudson, Clinical Nurse Manager, Rachel McCants, PIR, Kathleen Redmond, Dietitian, Jennifer Thomas, Housekeeping, and Martine Wiss, Dietary.


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It is well documented that body mass index (BMI) — a ratio of height and weight — is not the best measure of a person's obesity, physical fitness or good health. But coming up with another quick-calculation metric to replace BMI has proven difficult. Now, research published in Obesity suggests an option: the body-adiposity index, which is a ratio of hip circumference and height.
Reported MSNBC:
To develop the body fat index, Richard Bergman, of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and colleagues analyzed information from about 1,700 Mexican-Americans. They sought the characteristics — such as gender, age, height, weight, hip circumference or some combination of these traits — that best correlated with body fat as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
The researchers found that hip circumference and height were strongly linked with body fat. From these traits, the researchers developed an equation for the body adiposity index:
Hip circumference / (Height x √Height) – 18
(Like I said, you might need a calculator.)
The researchers validated their equation in a second study population of about 220 African Americans, but more work is needed to determine whether the index works also for whites.
The new index might avoid certain problems with BMI, the study authors said, like wrongly classifying fit, muscular people as obese, and it might also identify some cases of overweight that would otherwise be overlooked. But other experts say the body-adiposity index isn't without its own pitfalls — for instance, hip measurements aren't always easily obtained, especially on obese people.
Another limitation of the formula is that it doesn't take into account belly fat (or waist circumference), which has been linked to heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol and risk of death — independent of BMI.
For more, read on at MSNBC.
More on Time.com:
Belly Fat Predicts Death Risk, No Matter What Your Weight


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Perhaps as stunning as the news that the Browns are close to a deal to make Chip Kelly their next head coach (we won't not believe it until someone says it's 95-percent certain) was the Friday night report that Browns CEO Joe Banner has informed quarterback Colt McCoy that he will be in the plans of the next head coach.
Of course, McCoy reportedly got the news more than a week ago, at a time when it wasn't clear who the next head coach would be. Indeed, if that's what McCoy was told more than a week ago, the news came at a time when the Browns still had a head coach in Pat Shurmur.
So on the surface the information simply isn't credible. (We're not doubting the reporter; we're doubting that the "source in the Browns' organization" told the reporter the truth.)
And now we have a possible motivation.
McCoy and Chip Kelly are represented by the same agent, David Dunn. It's possibly no coincidence, then, that the information regarding McCoy's future was leaked at a time when the Browns reportedly are trying to close a deal with Dunn for Kelly. It's a harmless effort to create interest in a quarterback who has become the forgotten man with the Browns, a gesture that can help set the mood to deliver Kelly to Cleveland -- and not to Philly.
It's not that much different than what Browns CEO Joe Banner did two years ago when he served as Eagles president, negotiating a contract with Mike Vick that created headlines as a $100 million deal but that contained a completely phony final season that pushed the total from $80 million over five to nine figures over six. And it's smart for teams to play along in these situations; agents use such superficialities to keep current clients happy and to find new clients.
The real question is whether McCoy, who said the team led him to believe in 2012 that he'd be able to compete for the starting job but never got that chance, believes that he's truly in the next coach's plans. After all, fool me once, shame on . . . shame on you. . . . Fool me you can't get fooled again.


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Singing the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium on Monday for Jackie Robinson Night will be Branch Rickey's great-granddaughter, Kelley Jakle.
"Mr. Rickey, do you want a singer who's afraid to do all sorts of vocal tricks during the anthem?"
"No. I want a singer with the guts not to do all sorts of vocal tricks during the anthem!"
Dodgers at Diamondbacks, 1:10 p.m.
Carl Crawford, LF
Mark Ellis, 2B
Matt Kemp, CF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Andre Ethier, RF
A.J. Ellis, C
Luis Cruz, SS
Nick Punto, 3B
Josh Beckett, P
Update: Apparently the information the Dodgers sent this morning was incorrect, and Jakle is singing "God Bless America," not the anthem.


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We just wanted to take a moment and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the entire team at Henline Productions! This season is so important to slow down a little to remember our Savior's birth, celebrate with friends and family, and spread that joy to others! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season whether at home or abroad.
It has been quite a year here at Henline Productions! When we pause for a moment to look back, it seems quite overwhelming with everything that has taken place. On January 1, 2015 we released the official trailer for POLYCARP. The movie premiere took place in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 21 with much celebration from cast and crew members who traveled in from around the country. With the film being several years in the making, the release date was a MUCH anticipated moment that took place on May 5! It was released directly to Christian Book Stores and a variety of online retailers.
Polycarp was accepted into a number of film festivals throughout the year, receiving a host of nominations and awards. Some of the main awards included: "Best Feature Film", "Audience Choice Award", and "Best Original Music Score" at the Christian Worldview Film Festival, "Best Actor" (Garry Nation) at the International Christian Film Festival, "Best Actress" (Eliya Hurt), and "Best Editing" at the Pan Pacific Awards, "Best Feature Film" at GloryReelz Christian Film Festival, and "Best Cinematography", "Best Original Score", "Best Production Design" at the Faith Film Festival.
Throughout the year, our team visited as speakers and/or vendors to many Homeschool/Christian Conventions and Conferences. It was such a delight to travel around and meet so many wonderful people to speak with them about this timeless film! We also represented POLYCARP at a number of Church Screenings. We opened the film to be shown in any church on a love offering basis early in the year. The response was refreshing and encouraging as we would continue to receive letters and hear reports from many churches and individuals being affected by the film's message.
There are so many highlights that it is hard to even remember or credit them all! But we do want to express our gratitude to you for your overwhelming support and most importantly to our Heavenly Father for his guiding hand throughout everything. The "Polycarp journey" isn't over for our team. There are some festivals and conferences still ahead in the new year as well as continued marketing and distribution. We are excited that this story doesn't go "outdated" after a year..even years from now, it's timeless message has the ability to impact someone's life in a special way.
Many ask the question "what's next for Henline Productions". While we can't answer that just yet, we are always looking for the Lord's leading and we are at peace that it is completely in His hands.
Once again, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful time of celebrations, laughter, and cheer as you close out the year!
Henline Productions
We are so excited to share that POLYCARP has received the Stellae Award for Best Actress (Eliya Hurt) and Best Editing (by John-Clay Burnett) at the 2015 Pan Pacific Film Festival
photo courtesy: PPFF)
On August 6, 2015, the awards ceremony took place for the Pan Pacific Film Festival in Fullerton, California. POLYCARP was nominated in four categories - Best Impact, Best Feature Narrative, Best Actress, and Best Editing. Jerica Henline (Writer) was present at the awards ceremony to represent POLYCARP, which recieved Best Actress and Best Editing. You can watch the full awards ceremony video here: ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-0DNb_AQ8M
Jerica Henline (Writer) on the red carpet at the 2015 Pan Pacific Film Festival photo courtesy: PPFF)
Finally, after nearly 3 years in the making, POLYCARP will be available May 5th on Christian bookstore shelves and online stores where you find Christian media, including Family Christian, LifeWay, CBD, and many more, and of course, HenlineProductions.com/store.
Although set in the Second Century, the story of religious persecution, courage, faith and brutal oppression could be taken from today's headlines about mass killings and persecutions of Christians. It tells the historically accurate story of an early Christian martyr, Bishop Polycarp, who was burned and stabbed to death for refusing to renounce his faith in Christ and worship Caesar. This feature length drama is told through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl, Anna, and has been given the "Family Approved" seal for all ages by The Dove Foundation.
POLYCARP was awarded Best Feature Film, Audience Choice Award and Best Original Music Score at the 2015 Christian Worldview Film Festival. Garry Nation recieved Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film at the International Christian Film Festival for his stellar performance as Polycarp.
"It challenges Christians of all generations to stand boldly on the gospel in the face of persecution. In the Western world our faith is increasingly coming under attack from our secularized society, so this movie is very timely for us today," said Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis and founder of the Creation Museum in Hebron, Ky. "Based on real history and real Christians suffering real persecution, it's a message we all need to be reminded of."
"This is a moving story of second-century persecution, reminiscent of the persecution many believers face today," said Alex and Stephen Kendrick, producers of hit films Courageous and Facing the Giants that sparked a growing trend of Christian movies.
"Through the use of realistic sets and talented actors, Polycarp brings to life the Biblical truths presented in Luke 17:33, 1 John 4:18, and Philippians 1:21 and reveals what it means to be fully dedicated to Christ and His Kingdom, even to the point of death." - Samaritan Ministries
"POLYCARP is an inspiring movie with a sweeping score that will play well to modern audiences." - Dove Foundation
Here's a quick recap of the progress: We've had many hours and terebytes of footage to sort through, lots of editing , running the kickstarter campaign, a pickup shoot, visual effects, the color grade, sound design, and the amazingly beautiful musical score.
The official Polycarp trailer has been released! On this first day of 2015, we are very excited to unveil the official trailer for POLYCARP! Please watch and share! Independent movies like POLYCARP depend on fans like you to spread the word. We don't have millions of marketing dollars like some films, so we have to make it a grassroots effort. Thanks so much for helping to make this God-honoring, family friendly movie possible.
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Church Screenings
If you would like to learn how you can show POLYCARP at your church, please register for more details at our website! It only takes a few minutes.
We have lots of exciting things to share in the coming weeks and months! Look for some major endorsements and other exciting news, right here in your inbox!
For two weeks now, an enthusiastic writing team has been assembling each day in a focused push towards completing the POLYCARP: DESTROYER OF GODS script. Jerica Henline, lead writer at Henline Productions, shares, "I am beyond thrilled about the progress that has been made over the past few weeks, but please continue to pray! There is a lot yet ahead of us."
They begin each morning in a time of prayer and scripture reading. "It always sets the day on the right track. We have continually seen the Lord at work and it is so encouraging to see things come together in upexpected ways," comments Joe Henline, director of the Polycarp project.
The writing process has been a painstaking journey of discovery. Rebekah Cook explains, "One of the keys to crafting a script is to keep the end in mind. Break it down first. Then clarify the story goal, what it's building up to, and why." The long hours are paying off.
After identifying and classifying specific and necessary plot elements, they are then prayerfully blended into a screenplay structure to manage flow and pacing, interweaving individual plot-threads to strengthen the core of the story. "When the scene timeline was complete on the wall, we went through and made sure each character arc was working," says David Cook, key story analyst. "It's neat how the layers keep building to move the story forward."
We are excited about the headway being made here in Loveland, Ohio, and we look forward to keeping you updated throughout the months ahead. Please keep the team in your prayers as they labor to finish this crucial phase of the writing process.
"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:6
CINCINNATI, OH, Jan. 24-- 'Polycarp: Destroyer of Gods' has been announced as the next film project from Joe and Jerica Henline, an award-winning brother and sister filmmaking team. 'Polycarp' will be their first feature and the first film made under the banner of Henline Productions, formerly J&J Productions. Joe will direct and Jerica will write the screenplay.
The full-length feature film, inspired by the research and writings of Rick Lambert, will depict the story of second century church father, Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna, who faced severe persecution at the hand of Roman oppressors. Joe and Jerica's father and also the film's executive producer, Jerry Henline, says, "We are seeking to use the medium of film to inspire today's generation to stand for their faith against all opposition."
Joe (age 17) and Jerica (age 19) were the filmmakers behind last year's 'Lady Jane Grey,' a short film that earned them the Best Young Filmmaker award at the 2012 San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival, Best Young Filmmaker at the GloryReelz Christian Film Festival, Golden Crown Award (Best Student Production) at the International Christian Visual Media Festival, Best Young Filmmaker at The Attic Film Festival, and finalist nominees at others.
The Henlines are assembling a professional film crew with experience in a variety of independent Christian films. "The pieces are falling into place," says Jerry Henline, "and we are excited about the team that is working with us to produce a film with excellence and for the glory of God."
Like most independent films, 'Polycarp' will be made with the combined efforts of many talented actors and crew members. Films on this scale are made possible only by prayer and financial support from people who strongly believe in the film's mission.
Information about the production and release of 'Polycarp: Destroyer of Gods' will be announced at the website of Henline Productions: [www.henlineproductions.com].